Southern coast adv ride ( 14-15 feb) Report day 1

[junkmanjoe]

Hi all.
a report for day 1 .

all gathered at winui BP for briefing.
headed off round the coast road. stopped to regroup about half way round, i noticed oil under barts bike, sadly bart had to pull out, as we couldnt fix his bike. i was looking forward to riding with bart again. marks bike also had a problem and decided not to carry on also. so rest off us carried on to station house.
paid the access fees, and headed off round the coast track, all going good till we came to the first and largest rock slide. umm NO road, its washed away, so approx 50m of large rock to find a way across.
a few spills and thrills getting everybody across. all good.
carried along the track and, ALL STOP ! the roads been washed away, in front off us was a 2m wide by 1.5m deep gap in the road. ummmmm now what.
just like the cave men, sticks and stones in hand we made a bridge, was a good one as well. no worries, couple thrills and a KLR nearly upside down, every body across safely.
a couple off spills on the sandy section, gate key wouldnt work on one off the gates, so we droped the fence and but it back up after all went through. Rest of coast went off with out any probs, found a nice hilly bit, so we had to have a play, KTM in full flight. very cool.

[junkmanjoe]

a few more from the coast

[junkmanjoe]

After a late lunch around 3pm, in martinbrough.
oh them waitress there nasty,:drool: yummy......
we all saddled up for a treck in to southerlands hut,
a little damp a few muddy puddles, all good going in no spills, found the hut and a few of us went exploring a few side tracks, and who should turn up, Mark on a new bike.
cool....

all saddled up headed back out, a couple spills no drama.
back in martinbrough, gas station, there was a few lovely ladies walking towards us, turns out one was on her hens night, ask us to sign her dress, and was quite fun chating to her, we asked here to jump on one off the bikes for a kodac moment, nice... took back sealed roads back to carterton, well thats about day one off our trip.
very cool ride, great bunch off guys.
stayed tuned for day two report.

[bart]

Bastards. How dare you guys have that much fun without me.

Cheers to everyone who helped me out today. I finally got home at 7.30pm, thanks to my lovely wife, (she's reading over my shoulder), for driving the 6 hour round trip to get me. We had adventures of our own coming back over the Rimutakas, with my 16 month old son pukeing in the back of our new Territory, with no where to stop.:sick:

Considering I hit the road at 6.30am, it's been a very long day.

[junkmanjoe]

top job mum, better buy her a box off chocs mate.

[Eddieb]

Yep what an awesome day.

We are all relaxing in Carterton with a few beers after a big feed looking forward to day 2.

Wait till Balrog puts his pics up of the carnage, a beach of battered bikes

After the various bail outs and people on 1 day schedules there are a dozen of us left.

To Howie and JunkManJoe, awesome pics, we are impressed you managed to get those done so soon after leaving us.

Kslider thanks for your help with the bridge we made and the awesome trials skills.

[junkmanjoe]

it is my job to build roads for a living, would have been great if i had my digger with us. na that would take the fun out of it.

[junkmanjoe]

Hi all.

I rejoined the group at gladstone, then we all headed out to homewood coast road.
A nice cruse round foresty roads, and headed for the riversdale store for coffie and pitstop.
i tryed to get us over castlepoint station, but access was denied......bugger.....
all rested we sadled up and headed for tinui and castle hill road. neat winding road, riders short off gas, headed to ekathuna for jucie, others headed for pori road for a loop ride, to catch up with others at cafe for lunch at pahiatua.
all rested up, time to head for the dreaded makairo track.
the road up to track, the gravel was so deep, nasty.

all regrouped at start, and off we went in to the unknowen for some.
my self had a bit off a woops, heading down the bank backwards, a few others had a few dramers, thrills and spills, we not sure how he did it, but one chap even left his bike on the track and he ended up in top off a tree over the bank......... what the.......
we came across a nasty trench in middle off track, a ktm was very stuck, but no worries, along comes eddie with his bmw bulldozer and made the trench wider for us, cheers mate.
all down the bottom of track safely, a few slips and slides, was a great trail, and will return there some day.
a few of the chaps did a return treck through the makairo track, others headed for gas and home.

thats about the end off our 2 day trip, was well worth the ride, and hope to ride with all rides again.

[junkmanjoe]

some more from start of makairo track
and tricky end section, and theres the dozer at work makeing track wider.
great time.

[Padmei]

Looks like a great ride. We should organize a few Nelson riders to come up & sample your tracks soon. Thats a cool looking brown airhead there. Whose is it?

Good to see the distinguished Aslan out & about. Was Hammy aka Fred there?

[Balrog]

Great pics :niceone:
I see the Makairo ruts haven't gotten any smaller.

[junkmanjoe]

it wasnt as bad as i thought it was going to be, but have to have your wits about you, as its a fair drop of the side.

[junkmanjoe]

Looks like a great ride. We should organize a few Nelson riders to come up & sample your tracks soon. Thats a cool looking brown airhead there. Whose is it?

Good to see the distinguished Aslan out & about. Was Hammy aka Fred there?

i beleve, your asking about eddies bemer, sorry im not sure if the other chap was with us today.

[NordieBoy]

Was Hammy aka Fred there?

Hammy and his famous adventure gummys are in several of the photos.

[junkmanjoe]

i guess he was with us.
i was to busy hanging on :eek5: to rember names.....

[Garry.W]

Amazing trip you lot, thanks for having me and Pete along for the Saturday morning. I’ve been meaning to get back around the Coast for quite some time and $15 was a bit of a bargain for a day of such good fun, although in hindsight (always a good thing) taking the XT250 might have been a wiser move.

Plenty of people turned up at Wainuiomata.

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We stopped to wait at the homestead, sort of hoping Mark S could fix his KLR (and pay the dosh).

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We waited…..

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Chatting …….

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Talking bikes ……..

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But then just had to head off …………….

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Photo stop …………

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For those that don’t know, this coastline has been formed by a number of earthquakes. The area is steeped in history; you go past ‘Barney’s Whare’ – once home to late reclusive maritime painter Frank Barnes. This coast was also the migrational route for early Maori, and the traditional muster route for early New Zealand pioneers. Magic views of Cook Strait, the Kaikoura Mountain Ranges and Wairarapa Coast pretty much all the way.

It started to get a bit tougher ……………

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[Garry.W]

Ummm, ran out of road ……………

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A bit of a push and we’re all safely through ………….

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It got easier …………….

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Until …………

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Some resorted to the bush to find a way around.

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Others tackled it head on ………….

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[Garry.W]

….building a road!!

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Either route, everyone got over this as well. GVB shows some style. Just great how everyone was helping each other out. What a team.

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After all that lot, a poxy wee gate isn’t getting in the way.

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From there, it’s coasting. Fantastic views and a few braided river crossings.

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Pete and I left the boys to it in Martinborough wishing them good luck with the Makiro track the next day.

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[NordieBoy]

Aslan. You OK?
Looks like you herniated an eyeball man.

[cooneyr]

Looks like a great ride. We should organize a few Nelson riders to come up & sample your tracks soon....

Agreed, we should organise a SI assult on the "other" island some time before the end of May. I'm keen for some time the end of March on. 42 Traverse, Fishers, Makiro ???? Time to put the thinking cap on.

Hmmm wonder what our plans are for easter?

Cheers R

[Paladin]

Agreed, we should organise a SI assult on the "other" island some time before the end of May. I'm keen for some time the end of March on. 42 Traverse, Fishers, Makiro ???? Time to put the thinking cap on.

Hmmm wonder what our plans are for easter?

Cheers R

Mark is getting one organised Ryan - King Country ADV Ride:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=91691

Feel free to invade us! Promise we'll return the favour!! :wacko:

[cooneyr]

Mark is getting one organised Ryan - King Country ADV Ride:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=91691

Feel free to invade us! Promise we'll return the favour!! :wacko:

Hey I never said anything about invading - assults only please. Will watch the thread.

Cheers R

[marks]

Hey I never said anything about invading - assults only please. Will watch the thread.

Cheers R

with some careful planning you can get from Wellington to the Fishers/42nd area with lots of interesting back roads/gravel and minimal boring main rds. There is some simply stunning scenery/roads between Wgtn and Taupo if you stray from the beaten track.

[junkmanjoe]

more than happy to take you southern chaps down the southerlands track if your over this way.

[Aslan]

Aslan. You OK?
Looks like you herniated an eyeball man.

Hi Fran - the shot had me bemused to - looks like I'm trying to retrieve the drinking pipe of the Camelbak - certainly looks contorted

My back is reminding me to bend at the knees. My old body is feeling the affects of all of the lifting, pushing and pulling of bikes

cheers S

[Aslan]

Top man that Joe - helped me pick myself and bike up once on Saturday and twice on the Makairo - once where I had the front wheel of the DR down the bank.

Thanks Joe to you and our wife for the hospitality on the way home.

Look fwd to riding with you again - cheers Aslan

[bart]

Good to see you're home Joe. How's that yellow, shitbox, oil leaking, piece of crap of mine. :baby:

If I'd got as far as that ravine thing on Saturday, you could have used it for a bridge.

Cheers for picking it up for me.

Anyone want to buy a mint, K6 DRZ400. One careful owner. Never been thrashed. :rolleyes:

[junkmanjoe]

just been washed as it was pissing down in welly this arvo.
will take your trusty yellow beast up to barrys tomorrow and will acess the damage, must have been the caining you gave it over the tuckers................................vvvvrroommm mmmmmmm
i didnt see my skiddy marks in to the traffic lights,,,,:Oops:
i thought orange ment go realy fast....:whistle:

[GSers]

Thanks to the organisers for a couple of great days out. Lucky I have a desk job time to get over all the aches and pains. I learn't a few more leasons on how to and how not to ride my bike and thanks to the pushers and picker uppers for there help. Without this one would not be able to go off the black stuff. How boring, this is much more fun makes you fell alive and to the new people I meet and previous ride people see you out there again soon.
Thanks to the Camera Crews for the photos so we can all relive the ride for days to come.
Regards boGSer

[cooneyr]

with some careful planning you can get from Wellington to the Fishers/42nd area with lots of interesting back roads/gravel and minimal boring main rds. There is some simply stunning scenery/roads between Wgtn and Taupo if you stray from the beaten track.

I'm listening. Sounds like more good stuff for the web site:niceone: Maybe we should take this over to the other thread so as not to spoil the vib on this one.

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

Nothing more off-putting than a spoiled vib.

[MXNUT]

Agreed, we should organise a SI assult on the "other" island some time before the end of May. I'm keen for some time the end of March on. 42 Traverse, Fishers, Makiro ???? Time to put the thinking cap on.



Cheers R

Come and join in on the King Country ride on April 25/26, we will be doing the 42nd traverse and fishers track on the Sunday morning.

[cooneyr]

Come and join in on the King Country ride on April 25/26, we will be doing the 42nd traverse and fishers track on the Sunday morning.

Ahem (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1939361&postcount=27) working on it :D

Cheers R

[Aslan]

JunkManJoe tootling along around the Coast from Wainui

[Aslan]

Jezza traversing the first Rock Garden with a little help from his friends - MotoXNut et al

[Aslan]

thinking about the latte server at Toppy's perhaps? :wari:

[Aslan]

Looks like a great ride. We should organize a few Nelson riders to come up & sample your tracks soon. Thats a cool looking brown airhead there. Whose is it?

Good to see the distinguished Aslan out & about. Was Hammy aka Fred there?

Hi Padmei - generous with your comments there pal - you mean old bastidge Aslan surely - yip Fred aka Hammy was along for the ride - especially enjoyed dicing with him coming out of the Sutherland's Hut track - trust you, Rebecca and the ponies are all good :woohoo:

[junkmanjoe]

top pics there Aslan i be looking forward to next ride round the coast....